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GRAIN BINDER FOR HARVESTERS. No. 346,451. Patented Aug. 3, 1886.

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GRAIN BINDER FOR HARVESTBRS.

No. 346,451. Patented Aug. 3, 1886.

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GRAIN BINDER FOR HARVESTERS.

No. 346,451. Patented Aug. 3, 1886.

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JOHN F. APPLEBY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOE TO THE MINNEAPOLIS HAEVESTER \VORKS, OF SAME PLACE.

GRAIN-BINDER FOR HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,451, dated August 3, 1886.

Application filed July 8, 1885. Serial No. 170,927. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN F. APPLEBY, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Adjustable Grain-Binders for Harvesters, of which the following is a specification.

Myimprovements relate, first, to the coir struetion and method of supporting the frame of an adjustable binder for a harvester of the kind in which the path for the grain from the platform to the binding mechanism and from the binding mechanism to the ground is wholly unobstructed; secondly, to a 0011- struction enabling me to make that one of the gavel-discharging arms which is pivoted to the knotter-operating wheel of greater length than heretofore, the said construction comprising a stationary trip which engages a cam projecting from the hub of the pivoted discharge-arm, and rocks or folds the dischargearm in toward the axis of the knottenoperating wheel, thereby causing its free'end to clear the packer-shaft bearing,which is located inside of and parallel with the knotter-shaft; thirdly, to the transmission from the harvester-gearing of the power to drive the binder by means of pairs of bevel-gears connected by an upright shaft affixed at one end to the hub of one of the bevel-wheels and feathered in the hub of another bevel-wheel, each of the said two bevel-wheels being mounted in a frame adapted to swing on an axis coincident with the axis of the gear with which the bevelwheel meshes.

The accompanying drawings are as follows: Figure 1 is an elevation of the stubble side of the binder'frame,showing the horizontal member of the main frame of the harvester, upon which the binder-frame slides, and the lever for adjusting the binder-frame. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is atop view. Fig. r is a vertical section through the line 00 .r on Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the lineyy on Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is avertical section through the line 2 2 on Fig. 1.

' The binder frame embraces in a single casting the standard A, the lower horizontal tubular member, A, and the upper horizontal tubular member, A. The lower horizontal member, A, of the binder-frame affords the bearing for the shaft B of the binder-arm, and is provided with the downwardly-projecting ears 0 and 0, which are perforated to receive the horizontal member D of the main frame of the harvester, upon which the binderframe slides during the act of adjusting it by the usual adjusting-lever, E, pivoted at its lower end to the front end of the horizontal member D of the main frame, and connected by the link E with the standard A. The upper tubular member, A", ofthe binderframe affords the bearing for the shaft F of the knotter-operating wheel,and has cast upon it the laterally-projecting armsff,perforated at their ends to receive the tube G, which serves as the bearing for the packer-shaft H. At its rear end the tube G is provided with a fixed collar, 9, from the forward portion of which there extends radially the hooked arm 9. The front end of the collar 9 bears upon the rear side of the laterally-projeetingarm f, and the hook g is adapted to lap over the edge and bear upon the front side of the arm f, and to thus hold the tube G so that it is incapable of endwise movement in its hearings in the armsf and f. The rear end of the collar y is provided with a ratilially-projecting lug, g, which is adapted to be secured to the flange I, projecting up from the horizontal breast-plate I, which breastplate is also affixed to the base of the knotter-frame J.

The upper end of the knottcr-frame is horizontally perforated, and has its bearing and support on the shaft F. The fastening of the lug 9* to the knotter-shield holds the hook r in the position in which it is re frresentcd in Fig. 4, and thus maintains its engagement with the arm f.

An additional support for the binder-frame is afforded by the standard K, rigidly affixed to the bracket to, which forms the bearing for the pitman driving-shaft, and is a part of the main frame of the harvester. The upper portion of the standard K is provided with the rearward offset k, the upper end of which is forked, and affords the bearings for a roller, It, upon the top of which the tube G bears. A guard-bolt, It", extends transversely across above the tube G from one branch to the other of the forked upper end of thestandard K, and

of the harvester.

serves to prevent the binderframe from being tilted toward the stubble side of the machine.

The knotter-operating wheel L is provided with the radial projection L, to which is pivoted the gavel-discharging arm M. The hub of the disehargearm M is provided with the heel-extension M, which is engaged by the pin L", projecting forward from the side face of the knotter-operating wheel; and by this engagement the discharge-arm M is held in a radialposition while it is performing its function of assisting to discharge the bound bundle of grain.

It will be seen that the length of the dischargearm M is such that if it always stood out radially its free end would not clear the collar 9 onthe tube G, in which the packershaft has its bearing. To effect such clearance a tripping pin or stud, M is affixed to the vertical part of the arm f, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5.

Soon after the commencement of the knotting operation the heel-extension M on the hub ofthe pivoted discharge-arm M is brought into collision with the tripping-stud, and the free end of the discharge-arm is by such collision rocked inward toward the shaft and downward past the collar 9.

To prevent the gavel-discharging arm from swinging too far around upon its pivot, it is provided upon its front side with thelaterallyprojecting wing m. lfthedischarge-arm swings too far upon its pivot by reason of the impetus given it by the engagement of the heelextension cam M with the tripping-stud M, the wing m strikes against the stop m, affixed to and projecting downward from the arm f. As the rotation of the knotter-operating wheel continues the upper end of the wing m is carried below and under the stop mjust before the free end of the discharge-arm Mislowered sufficiently to strike against the gavel.

Motion to drive the binding apparatus is transmitted from the bevel spur wheel N, which isa member of the main train of gearing The spur-wheel N drives the bevel-pinion 0, provided with a hollow hub, 0, having its bearing in the elbow P,

which is loosely mounted upon the shaft N of the spur-wheel N. An upright shaft, Q, is loosely feathered in the hollow hub O of the bevel-pinion O. The upper end of the upright shaft Q has affixed to it the bevel spurwheel R, which drives the bevel-pinion R. The latter, in its turn, drives the bevel-pinion R, which is what may be called the prime member of thesystem of planet-gearingsuch as described in my Patent No. 275,114, by which power is transmitted alternately to the packer-shaft H and the shaft of the knotteroperating wheel L.

The upper end of the box S, in which the shaft Q has its upper bearing, is provided with two branches, 8 and s, projecting laterally in opposite directions, and then upwardly. The

branch 8 is transversely perforated near its upper end, and is hung upon the dead axle 1', upon which the bevel-pinion R is mounted. The axle r projects through the somewhat elongated hub of the bevel-pinion R, and is cast in one piece with or affixed to the sleeve r, loosely mounted upon the forwardly-projecting end of the packer-shaft H. An arm,

1"", projecting laterally from the sleeve 1*, is provided with the downwardly-projecting ear T, which is perforated to admit the trunnion s", projecting laterally from the upper extremity of the branch 8. The trunnion s and the dead axle r are in alignment with each other, and hence the box S is adapted to swing in a plane parallel with the axis of the packershaft, and in so swinging the spur-wheel R is maintained in mesh with the bevel-pinion R. Similarly, the elbow P, in which the bevel pinion 0 has its bearing, is adapted to swing upon the shaft of the spur-wheel N, and in so swinging maintains the bevel-pinion O in engagement with the spur-wheel N. It will be seen that by this organization of the parts the lower part of the shaft Q has the capacity of endwise inward and outward movement in the hub O of the bevel-pinion in which it is feathered, and this capacity permits the binder to be adjusted back and forth without breaking the connection by means of which-power to operate the binding mechanism is transmitted from the spur-wheel N.

I claim as my invention- 1. In grain-binding mechanism for harvesters, the tubular bearing G for the packer-shaft, in combination with the armsff, cast in one piece with or otherwise aflixed to the binderframe, and the standard K, affixed to the main frame of the harvester, having its upper portion backwardly offset, and affording at its upper end a bearing upon which the tubular packer-shaft bearing G is supported, whereby the portion of the binder-frame which overhangs the binder deck derives its support wholly from the front of the machine, and the path of the grain from the platform to the binder-deck and thence to the ground is entirely unobstructed.

2. The combination of a binder-frame, the tubular bearing G, supported from the binderframe, the standard K, affixed to the main frame of the harvester, having its upper portion backwardly offset, and having its upper end forked and provided with the anti-friction roller is, upon which the tubular bearing G rests, and also provided with a guard-screw, extending from the upper extremity of one branch of the forked upper end of the standard K to the other transversely across over the bearing G, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The discharge-arm M, pivoted to theknotter-operating wheel L, and provided with the wing M, in combination with the stop m, affixed to the frame, as and for the purpose set forth.

4:. The hooked arm cast in one piece with IIO or otherwise affixed to the tube G, in combination with the arm f, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The upright shaft Q, having at its opposite ends bevel-gears meshing with other bevelgears and adapted to swing bodily in aplane perpendicular to the axes of the bevel-wheels with which they respectively mesh, the said upright shaft being loosely feathered in the IO hub of the lower one of the bevel-wheels, with which it is connected, in combination with a horizontally-adjustable frame supporting the upper bevel-wheel and the gearing to which motion is transmitted by means of the shaft Q from the main train of gearing of the har- I5 vester.

JOHN F. APPLEBY. XVitnesses:

M. L. ADAMS, R. O. HowEs. 

